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Government to strip BBC governors' power
Anger over Ten O'Clock news move hardens Whitehall attitude to self regulation
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TV-Loonland takes on Sony's Sunbow
German animation giant TV-Loonland is continuing its expansion drive by buying New York-based children's specialist Sony Wonder's production and distribution outfit. The $20.5m (£13.9m) deal includes Sony Wonder subsidiary Sunbow Entertainment and
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WILDSCREEN - Life preserver
Wildlife programme-makers who embrace broadband technology now will reap rewards when the medium takes off.
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Turner introduces three-strong team for UK
Turner Broadcasting System has restructured to create a three-person management team to run CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies. Executive vice-president TBS Europe Jeff Kupsky will manage country-specific operations
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OFF THE RECORD - House of Rock rocks on
Tales of comedy creativity getting out of hand, no. 32. Animation indie Fireside Favourites had to make some drastic changes to the House of Rock Awards (above) it was making for
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YTTP hires head of production
Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Production (YTTP) has appointed Yorkshire Television Resources head of sales and planning John Surtees as its new head of production, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Surtees, 43, replaces David Fraser who recently
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OFF THE RECORD - Partying hard with Labour
Channel 4 news politico supremette Elinor Goodman was spotted in a hotel lift one morning at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, wearing what looked like an M&S bathrobe, carrying a
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TRADE TALK - Tigger happy
Tiger Aspect's commercial director, Andrew Zein, is an unusual mixture of Tigger-ish high spirits and commercial nous.
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Victoria Real to go live with revised UK play site
Big Brother website creator Victoria Real has unveiled further details of the new UK Play site and has chosen 6 November for its launch. Victoria Real executive producer Tony Steyger, who is
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WILDSCREEN - Survival of the fittest
Rehashing tired blue-chip formats isn't working for wildlife film-makers. Keeping the wolves from the door means embracing interactive technology.
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NTL launches film service
NTL has teamed up with Universal Studios' television arm to launch an entry-level movie channel designed to accelerate multichannel take-up, writes Simon Ellery.
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Technicolor expands
Carlton Communications subsidiary Technicolor is buying the Covitec Group, Canada's largest film laboratory and post-production company. A Carlton spokesperson said the C$60m (£40.6m) cash deal does not change the company's intention
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NTL goes into Everton
NTL is understood to be considering taking a 9.9 per cent stake in Everton football club, as it emerged that a deal planned by United News & Media to buy into the club fell through as a result of the company's merger with Granada, writes Tara Conlan.
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Fox poaches Hurford-Jones for Euro push
Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has poached Hit Entertainment deputy sales director Henrietta Hurford-Jones to take up the new role of head of European acquisitions, writes Simon Ellery.
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WILDSCREEN - An endangered species
Such are the difficulties wildlife programming is in that even David Attenborough's new series has had trouble attracting funding. But indies are finding imaginative ways to refresh the genre.
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OFF THE RECORD - Emmerdale idea is pants
Are there no limits to the heart-poundingly imaginative flair of Granada's publicity department? Briefed with promoting the extension of Emmerdale to five nights a week, those marketing geniuses gave out underwear
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NTL to offer its own electronic programme guide
NTL is to launch a free electronic programme guide available on digital terrestrial TV carrying listings for all free-to-air digital channels up to two days in advance of broadcast. The interactive
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Granada Media to restructure drama
Granada Media is in advanced talks about pooling the LWT and United Productions' drama departments to create a southern drama powerhouse. News of the plan comes in the week that LWT controller
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Three new MDs for Emap division
Emap Performance Network (EPN) is to appoint three new managing directors for Emap Performance London to develop Kiss, Smash Hits and Q on TV and radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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De Lane Lea gets md
Simon Mallin is to join sound specialist De Lane Lea as managing director next Monday (9 October), writes Jon Rogers. Mallin joins from Ealing Studios where he was studio manager for five